1096 – People’s Crusade: A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fight off the People’s Army of the West.
1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
1209 – Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
1392 – Nanboku-chō, Japan: Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
1520 – João Álvares… Read the rest

NEW YORK, New York – Deacon Mary Lee Rhames Green Pearson, 69, died Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, at New York Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late George and Malvenia Jones Rhames. She was the widow of Ralph T. Pearson.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at St Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Silver, with the Rev. W.J. Chandler, pastor, officiating. Final resting place will be at the church cemetery.
Pearson will be placed in the church an hour prior to the service.
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KNOXVILLE, Tennessee – Kendrick Marcel Hughes, 31, died Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, following a brief illness.
Born Oct. 15, 1985, in Houston, he was a son of Michelle Renee Blasher of Columbia and Shelton Leon Hughes Jr. of Manning. He attended the public schools of Knox County, Tennessee, and Beaufort and Clarendon counties. He attended Job Corps in Bamberg, where he received his high school diploma and forklift operator certification. He was employed in the construction industry.
The family will receive visitors at the home of his brother, Nathan (Ronnisha) Leon Harvey,… Read the rest

Southern Flair is currently selling tickets for a drawing to raise funds for the Forgotten Tails Animal Rescue. Tickets are one for $3, two for $5 and five for $10, and can be purchased at Southern Flair, which is now located across from Hardee’s on Sunset Drive in Manning. The drawing is for a $50 gift card or the choice of a home decor item from Southern Flair.
All proceeds will be donated to Forgotten Tails.

The Manning High School girls’ tennis team defeated Wade Hampton High School on Wednesday in the first round of the South Carolina 3-A State Playoffs. The final score was 5-2.
Marie Joyner, Lorena Sanchez and Katie Feagin all won their singles matches with scores of 7-5 and 6-1, 6-2 and 6-4 and 6-3 and 6-1, respectively.
Grace Lemmon and Kailyn Vicente won their doubles match by scores of 6-1 and 6-2, while Shanyia Gamble and Marie Joyner won theirs by a score of 8-2.
The Monarchs will travel next week to the No. 1-seeded Waccamaw for the second round of… Read the rest

Clarendon School District 1, in partnership with the Reading Roadmap, will submit an application to the South Carolina Department of Education for a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant.
If awarded, the grand funds will be used to establish and support an afterschool and summer program at Summerton Early Childhood Center. The program will provide academic support, enrichment activities and family literacy activities.
Members of the community, students and parents are invited to participate in the planning process.
For more information, call Interim Superintendent Barbara Ragin at (803) 574-2112. The grant application will be submitted Oct. 27.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sumter County Sheriff’s Deputy Bernard Thomas, a native of Clarendon County, died earlier this month after dealing with an illness. His father, Albert, wrote this to thank the public and family and friends for their support during this difficult time.
“My wife, Curtis, Keia, the children and I wanted to say ‘Thank you’ for all the prayers and support that you’ve shown toward us during the time we needed it most. Your prayers have helped heal the unspeakable and unexplainable pain that our family has been experiencing since the death of our son, Bernard. Our hearts have been… Read the rest

South Carolina Attorney Gen. Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Paul Hajba Jr., of Loris, on eight charges connected to the exploitation of a minor.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Horry County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.
Investigators state Hajba distributed child pornography.
Hajba was arrested Wednesday and charged with eight counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
The case will be prosecuted by the… Read the rest

Imagine a child sitting alone at her school’s table, other children sitting other places throughout the school’s cafeteria.
This child always sits alone. Other kids avoid her, not as if she’s invisible, but as if she has some contagious deadly illness.
When she sees bullying, Manning Primary School Counselor Elizabeth Briley says that this type of exclusion and avoidance is the most prevalent behavior children use to purposefully hurt other children.
Everything from in-school suspension to expulsion are used as remedies for bullying in Clarendon’s three public school districts, its charter schools and its two private schools, whether it involves… Read the rest

1548 – The city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) is founded by Alonso de Mendoza by appointment of the king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V.
1568 – Battle of Jodoigne: the Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
1572 – Relief of Goes: Cristóbal de Mondragón, with 3000 soldiers of the Spanish Tercios, relieves the siege of the city.
1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
1740 – Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse… Read the rest

South Carolina Attorney Gen. Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Anthony Ray Nielson, 48, of Sumter, on 14 charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest.
Investigators with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, also members of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation and arrest.
Investigators state Nielson distributed and possessed files of child pornography.
Nielson was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment on… Read the rest

SUMTER – Mary R. Pugh died Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter.
Born Aug. 17, 1947, in Paxville, she was a daughter of the late Ivory “Buster” Pugh Sr. and the late Viola Spann Pugh.
The service of remembrance will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 2928 St. John Church Road in Manning, where the Rev. Ranzy McFadden Jr., pastor, will bring words of hope. Burial will be held in the Pugh family plot in St. John Missionary Baptist Church cemetery.
A public viewing will be held from… Read the rest